“If you’re watching the game, it’s not no-brainers,” Reed said. “Certain situations we have to get off the field. We need three-and-out. You have to also come out as an offense and move the ball. We can’t go three-and-out and put your defense on the field that quick. That drive that they had, I’m looking at it like guys are a little fatigued because I know if you don’t control the ball as much, offensively and defensively, you’re going to get fatigued. They’re going to get plays. Eventually, they’re going to figure out what you’re doing if you’re doing the same old things.”

Taking a shot at coaches to reporters is rarely a good idea, but it’s really in poor taste when the head coach is recovering from a mini-stroke, and the interim head coach is barely a month removed from losing his father. Come on, Ed.

Reed recommended the Texans do some soul-searching, but he needs to join in on this contemplative moment. His team is 2-7, and Reed has brought little to Houston after a long, memorable career in Baltimore. Instead of ripping his coaches, perhaps he should take a look at his own performance on the field.

Of course, the Texans could handle this in their own way:

If I'm Houston I cut Ed Reed. Why should a bad team keep an unhappy, overpaid, underproducing, aging veteran?